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Me, Luke, our flatmate Dan, Sarah and Aaron had a big dinner together and then watched an episode of Game of Thrones before we all headed to bed.

I don’t remember feeling unwell at all and there were no signs that anything was wrong. We went to sleep as normal, but Luke woke up early in the morning and instantly knew something wasn’t right.

"He had to decide whether to stay or run and get help"

He heard me making odd breathing noises that he described as pained and laboured.

At first I was very tense and writhing with my legs and arms, but when he tried to wake me he didn’t get a response.

At Wimbledon with boyfriend Luke (Image: Bristol Post)

He shouted my name and tried to shake me and at that point my breathing starting to slow down to sharp, short intakes of breath and I had stopped moving.

The hardest thing for him was deciding whether to run and get help or try and deal with it on his own.

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He didn’t want to leave me like that, but knew he needed to raise the alarm and get help, so he ran into our housemates room before remembering that Sarah and Aaron were staying over, so ran down to the living room to get them.

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I was so lucky that all the pieces of the puzzle to save my life fell into place - Luke waking up when he did, the ambulance being just around the corner and I think Sarah was meant to be there that night.

"She's my guardian angel"

She is very rarely able to visit as she lives in Cornwall so it was a complete one off that she was staying over and she had only just been trained in CPR a couple of months before, through her job as a carer, so she knew exactly what to do.

Her quick thinking sister did everything she could to save her until paramedics arrived (Image: Bristol Post)

She’s like my little guardian angel.

I was taken to North Middlesex Hospital and was put in an induced coma.

My family were told that the next three days would be critical, but I surprised them all by coming round the following day.

Twelve days after my cardiac arrest I had an operation to fit an S-ICD (personal defibrillator) and I’m now on a type of medication called beta-blockers to control my abnormal heart rhythm.

I haven’t got a final diagnosis yet but doctors strongly suspect that my cardiac arrest was due to a condition called Long-QT syndrome, an inherited heart rhythm condition which is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young and otherwise healthy people.

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I have a history of dizziness, which is a symptom of the condition, and my episodes have got progressively more frequent over the last five years.

I hope in some ways that it isn’t something genetic and I’m the only one in my family that has to go through something like this.

But on the other hand, I want to have an answer as to what caused my cardiac arrest.

"I still don't feel normal"

Sky Sports tennis commentator dad Barry Millns and sister Sarah were meant to be going to the tennis the next day (Image: Bristol Post)

Myself, my parents and my siblings Sarah and Matt are all being genetically tested to check for any inherited heart conditions.

Two months on, I’m recovering well. I left hospital after two weeks and went home to our flat.

It was a real mix of emotions, on one hand it’s lovely being back in your own space but it’s also strange being back in your normal life when you don’t feel entirely normal.

It was especially difficult returning to the bedroom where it happened, I really struggled to sleep for the first few weeks, but I’m just so lucky and grateful to be here and I know I’ll be able to get back to living life as normal soon.

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I wish I knew who all the emergency service and NHS staff were that took care of me so I could thank each one of them.

"My family have been incredible"

They have come together to support me and each other through the whole thing and they have all started fundraising for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in their own weird and wonderful ways.

My brother Matt, who is now training to be a doctor, is taking on the BHF ’s 52 mile cycle ride from Manchester to Blackpool during the night on a single speed bike (just to add to the challenge) and my stepfather David has had the charity’s logo tattooed on his chest – and he’s terrified of needles!

Amy and her sister Sarah and brother Matt (Image: Bristol Post)

I don’t know where to begin in thanking them all, especially Luke.

I’m unbelievably thankful to him for waking up and all of his support since, he’s my superhero!

Going through something like this makes you realise more than ever how precious life is and everyone in it.

I’m definitely going to get CPR trained so I’ll know what to do if I ever find myself in a situation like that night and I want to raise as much awareness as I can about cardiac risk in young people.

Charity event at Colston Hall for Amy

Now, friends of Amy's have decided to organise an night of music at the Colston Hall and give all the proceeds to charity.